Stephen owsiak



S. OWSIAK.

FISHING SIGNAL.

APPUCATION msn HOV. I8. 191-9.

1,349,528, Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Suva-m for J: 0 win/k GROW e11 30 a invention consits of the novel comb nation and arrangement of parts here nafter more rovements in Fishing-Signals, ofwhich'the ollowingis a specification. 7

line is advised of the line. 'i i a a A further object of the invention isthe provision of a fishing device in. whichjan audible alarm is adapted to be sound'ed'by a ba1t u onithe line. 1 I

these general objects in"view; the

pull of predeterminedjstren upon the fishmg line, the devicebeing a justable wheres by either a sli ht nibble upon'the bait or the i a caught fish-"upon the'hook] I -tackle hears the irin iingof'thebell 14 he is asjmoved the hook 21' and theownerwillpull up the line 20 drawing the hoo'lc21 andfish'tothe shores W'hen the coil16 is slid to apointadjacentthe upa inexpensive to manufactureada ted for ad justably holdings fish line during the fishmg operation for automatically producin%a si a to the owner that a fish 'sb'tingt c fully described in connection with the? ac-5 companying drawin and in-which' like ref? erence characters esignate' corresponding-'- In the drawing Figure 1 is ii/S1516 elevation of the tion with the fishing-line broken aw 'and I ,govers'ee-a larg'e-wnumber of fish lines for Fig. 2 is a rear elevationthereof.

. having a screw 11 for firxnlyinounting 14 attached to theiree endoijthe. rear-, wardly curved terminal portion 15 ofsaid 5min? 13. x f A aterall fiexiblecoil lfiifo'rmedof am I p p y fa; flexiblememberupontheiree end of the, i1priht; an'alarl'n bell at the free endofthe.

the base upon any support uponthe' lan adjacent the water in which; the owner, is

fishing, an u 'nfight leaf spring12 carried by the base 10 having a.-coil"spring -13 se-LQ 0 p & therein without-departing :from

cured to the top thereof-with'an alarm bell closely coile helical 'sprin' "is? adaptediior ceive between adj acentelixes. of? the coi 16 adjacent one and f. il 7 A ca n L e t crate tent. I

v ably noyedf longitudinall The primary object of the invention isthe til I provision of a sensitive alarm adapted for automatic sounding whena fish 'is-u onthe hook of a fishline or isbiting the bait upon ,the hook and whereby the owner of the fish the fact .for drawing in upontheline- 2O w'l fiietel d u iii-simmertim =isbent ;;E rom the rearside of;the',upl-- QJaround the forward side xof'sard, '7 upright ,termmating in a hook .7 18 slidably 'contactingpthe'vadjacent side ofthe upri" ht 1 1 12,; Inthis-manner, thecoil 16 may he s 1d 12 upwardly or downwar l O thedrawing;

A100 19 formed at-the opposite jo'rward en the upri ht .l'end of t e coil lfifrorn the" arm 17 has the v "fish line 20 securedthereto b tyingor knot- {tingjwhilel pnef or'more fish ooks21 are se' ;cu'red t0;the line 20 in the usualmanner'.

j YVh'e'n' afish nibbles orbites the bait upon thefhook 21; becomes caught upon said hook; the pull'for jerk exerted by the fish upOntheline 20 flexes'thecoil 16 thereby vi-* bratingjthe'u rights ring 12 and ringin vhen t e" owner of the lie PeFendofthe upr s 12,0I1'1y a slight P1111 man fwith" afplurality of these devices m cause the'bell l ltojring but ifiit is desired that thebell shall ring only when a fish isactually'caught upon the I hook 21,, thecoil 1,6 is lowered upon the upright 12130 apoint adjacent the base/1O so that greateriorceis required to be exerted T upon-the'coil 16 to causesuflicient vibration of-theuprightjmlto ring the bell 14..

, *Anjadjustablefishalarm is-provided that fis eas an max ensive tomanufacture and i read' y installe vion use whereby a fisher- I 1 catchinga great-number of fish withllessef I fortiand-imore Z-certaintythan in; the usual ins-base, a flexible upright. carried thereby;

eii resse i rr g h e y 'jfiexi le'mernbei; and aflexible and extensi- 11o ble: fishgline *h'Qldei' 'lojngitudinalli adjust-j I t edevice' v may be set for actuwting said bell by different strengths of pull exerted upon the line holder.

2. A fishing device comprising a mounting base, a flexible upright carried tliibfii a flexible member 1190;; the free end oflihe upfight ana1m=m-be1mc the 'fi aha of the flexlble member, wicoi'l sprin'gslidirbly mounted upon said upright normally proj'ectingforwardly thereof, and a. fish line se= cured adjacrit the miter ffee erid of said coil spring adapted when :31 fish is' caught ried tl iereby. adapted or soundinmwheq the fipr'i lit' is' vibrated and a flexiliile m1 exbensi lfle-coil adj-uslzuilalelongitudinally of the .upriairt adapted for holding a. fish hne durin i t e operation of the device;

meetimdny whereof Iaffix m Si habfli'e. STEPHEN 0% AK; 

